Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yù
English
- desire, want, long for
- to wish for
- intend
- to desire
- variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
- to want; to hope; to wish
粵語
- 因為符合內心嘅偏好，作為做一件事嘅推動力；亦即係想、希望
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 欲
- 物欲mat6 juk6
material desire
- 意欲ji3 juk6
to intend to
- 欲望juk6 mong6
desire
- 欲經juk6 ging1
Kama Sutra
- 幾欲gei2 juk6
almost
- 欲絕juk6 zyut6
heartbroken
- 隨心所欲ceoi4 sam1 so2 juk6
(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
- 搖搖欲墜jiu4 jiu4 juk6 zeoi6
tottering
- 暢所欲言coeng3 so2 juk6 jin4
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic
- 呼之欲出fu1 zi1 juk6 ceot1
lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
- 欲女juk6 neoi5
sex-crazed woman
- 欲海juk6 hoi2
ocean of lust (Buddhist term)
- 傷心欲絕soeng1 sam1 juk6 zyut6
(idiom) to be overcome with grief
- 急欲gap1 juk6
to be keen to ...
- 欲求juk6 kau4
to desire
- 欲念juk6 nim6
desire
- 口欲期hau2 juk6 kei4
oral stage (psychology)
- 欲罷不能juk6 baa6 bat1 nang4
want to stop but can't (idiom)
- 為所欲為wai4 so2 juk6 wai4
(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
- 私欲si1 juk6
selfish desire
- 欲滴juk6 dik6
(suffix) replete (with moisture)
- 痛不欲生tung3 bat1 juk6 sang1
to be so in pain as to not want to live
- 七情六欲cat1 cing4 luk6 juk6
(idiom) various emotions and desires
- 欲言又止juk6 jin4 jau6 zi2
to want to say sth but then hesitate